Sunday, November 16, 2008 1:05 AM EST It's another Football Sunday, and things are getting very interesting for our hometown teams, which means I've got a lot to say.

And what better place to begin than with your J-E-T-S Jets! Jets! Jets!

Great win Thursday night, all you Jets fans. Great win. Huge win. Team is looking solid. A subway Super Bowl is in the works.

And here I am, egg on my face, right? Remember? Remember back in the summer, I ran through the Jets sked, and showed how terrible they would be, and then everyone had a great time pointing out I was going through the 2007 schedule? And then I apologized, and went through the 2008 schedule and pointed out how this team would finish 8-8?

Remember?

Egg on my face, right?

Wrong-o, Favre-o.

According to my column dated Aug. 15 — you could look it up — I had Gang Green sitting at 7-3 at this point in the season. In other words, so far, so good.

Now, I will admit the team is looking livelier than I had imagined in the heat of training camp. Favre, for the first time in his life, seems to playing within his abilities and not trying to break his own record for "most wildly inappropriate passes, season."

Add in what's become a fearsome defense, and this is a team to be reckoned with. Right?

Well, let's go back and see what I had to say about the Jets remaining schedule back in August. Again, you could look it up at www.trentonian.com in case you think I'm fibbing.

Week 12: At Tennessee, where they are simply outmatched.

Week 13: Broncos at home, and remember, Brett Favre does not play well in the cold. Jay Cutler does. Broncos take this one in OT.

Week 14: At San Francisco: San Francisco will be improved, and late-season games for East Coast teams on the West Coast spells trouble, and the Jets fall to 7-6.

Week 15: Bills at home. Cold weather Brett, again.

Week 16: At Seattle. See week 14.

Week 17: Dolphins at home. At least they'll close out with a victory, evening their record at 8-8.

Hmmmph. Not exactly a far-fetched scenario up there, eh? Granted, I doubt they will embark on a five-game losing streak, but the games at Tennessee, San Fran and Seattle would scare me, and I keep telling anyone who will listen that Favre loses his mind in the cold ... 9-7, 10-6, tops. Maybe they backdoor into the playoffs. Maybe.

One team that probably won't be doing any backdooring is the Eagles.

At 5-4, they face a near-impossible climb to the playoffs. Three road games against the Ravens, Giants and Redskins are not going to make the job any easier. So not only would they have to win at least one of those three games, but then they'd have to win out against the Bengals, Cardinals, Browns and Cowboys to finish at 10-6. And even if they do that, they'd still be in a battle against the 'Skins, Bucs, Falcons and maybe Cowboys, Bears or Vikings for two playoff spots.

If I were a Philly fan, I'd just bask in the glow of the Phillies and move on.

And then there's the New York Football Giants. They are clearly — Titans aside — the best team in the NFL. Tough schedule ahead, but even a 4-3 finish gives them a 12-4 record and home-field advantage throughout.

It's shocking that this guy is a Giants fan, lol. The fact that he said the Favre was bad in cold weather meanwhile he's played his whole record breaking career in one of the coldest cities is just plain stupid. The guy who wrote this is probably 15 years old.

“We know we’re better than you, we don’t give a f*ck if you know it or not, we don’t give a sh*t if you give us your best game, we’re gonna give you our best game and we’re gonna beat the f*ck outta ya. How’s that?”

It's shocking that this guy is a Giants fan, lol. The fact that he said the Favre was bad in cold weather meanwhile he's played his whole record breaking career in one of the coldest cities is just plain stupid. The guy who wrote this is probably 15 years old.

doesn't Farve have something like a 90% win percentage when the temp is Below freezing?

doesn't Farve have something like a 90% win percentage when the temp is Below freezing?

lol, he definitely does. this guy is really a complete moron. def gassed on the fact he called the Jets being 7-3 at this point. when the Jets beat the Titans on Sunday, he'll realize how stupid he really is.

The thing thats humorous is that I doubt the 7-3 he predicted had us beating the Patriots... So considering he was wrong in who he picked, you don't really get overall credit.

I think we all knew, from the start, we would never get 'respect', we just dont get it. Sadly, if we won the superbowl, I bet they'd show more Highlights from Brett Favres Superbowl as a Packer, to give a simulation, than as a Jet. Thats just how it works, were the 4th(?) biggest NFL Franchise in terms of value but were treated at like 20th for some reason....

It's shocking that this guy is a Giants fan, lol. The fact that he said the Favre was bad in cold weather meanwhile he's played his whole record breaking career in one of the coldest cities is just plain stupid. The guy who wrote this is probably 15 years old.

yup they mentioned it durin the pats game,Favre has a 86% win record in bad weather situations...rain sleet snow,apocalypse,i'll take Favre winnin in those scenarios...

He's grasping at straws, and chalking up losses entirely to a fabrication he calls "Cold Weather Brett". Oh and by the way, San Fransisco will have "improved" by the time we play them so we automatically lose. You know what? This is just too much stupid for me to handle.

Sal Paolantonio commenting on the difference in the Ryan and Mangini atmospheres in the building:
"It's like going from Alcatraz to Dorney Park."

It is better to destroy than create what is meaningless, so the picture will not be finished.
erikcoleman#26

Like I said this guy really shows that he knows nothing about football.Guys like this I just laugh at and pay no mind to.If I got worked up over what every stupid person that talked literal nonsense about football Id be one stressed out mothr fcker.These type of fans usually cant tell you the players on their own favorite team let alone talk about football with some real insightful and knowledgeable intelligence. The best reply to idiots like that is not to reply at all.

The thing thats humorous is that I doubt the 7-3 he predicted had us beating the Patriots... So considering he was wrong in who he picked, you don't really get overall credit.

I think we all knew, from the start, we would never get 'respect', we just dont get it. Sadly, if we won the superbowl, I bet they'd show more Highlights from Brett Favres Superbowl as a Packer, to give a simulation, than as a Jet. Thats just how it works, were the 4th(?) biggest NFL Franchise in terms of value but were treated at like 20th for some reason....

The reason for this is for the past 40 some odd years the jets have been a joke of a franchise, from their laughable first rd draft picks to their usual collapse in the 4th qtr & the old "here we go again" or "same old jets" statements by us jet fans. It wasn't until Bill Parcells took over that this team received some respect (not counting the 69' season & even then we were 18.5 point underdogs). No one remembers the atrocious play of the 49's in the 60's & 70's because the 80's & 90's 49's made everyone forget, heck you can even say that about the pre-Dungy Bucs, but now the Bucs are considered a decent team & garner some respect around the league. What we need is to win a championship & to consistently be in the running for more than a decade to change the perception that the rest of the league has about us until then we will always be considered a joke. Hopefully this season is just the beginning of the jets dominating their opponents for the next couple of decades...